Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-23
THEY DON'T LIKE TT.
Many Republicans Dissatisfied With
the Ticket-They Think the Saratoga
Nominees We're Put Up to Be
knocked Down-Democrats Jubilant and
Look on Victory Assured-But
They VIII Work for 1t.
New York Star

4 careful study Of politics is that the
ticket is weak one, and there is among
Republicans feeling Of fear that the
ticket was not nominated to be elected
This feeling is prevalent among Repub-
leans OF the city OF New York especially.
While they openly declare the ticket z
strong one, and express the greatest con-
tiience IN It's success, they privately state
that the leaders could do much better Il
has already among some Of the "ho5s"
who run with the machine been dubbed
the hereditary ticket
There is not man on it, they declare,
who is personally or politically known
outside of his own immediate neighbor-
hood, except Charles A. DeGni5On the
candidate for Attorney General, who Was
deputy under Attorney General Leslie "
Russell, and 0. z. II. Cornell, who ives
the candidate OF the Republican party f5r
State Engineer aAd Surveyor some years
ago. Colonel Frederick D. Grant, who
heads the ticket for Secretary of,S&te,
the "boys" cIaim, IS running on thu
strength Of his fdther's name, and they
say that he lever did anythiEg for the Re
publican psrty to deserve sReh reCo9at-
ton. The members Of the 6. 0 p who
secretly swear 81 the nomipatiou Of Grant
are the Blaine men, and trey fear that il
the son Of the leader OF She Union armies
is successful it will give I'll impetus 10 the
Doom Of Robert Lincoln, who is being
carefully groOmed by the 8nti-B aine Re-
pu5.iCans as a candidate for the RApuou-
can nomination for President
While they openly praise the ticket,
they declare that It is against the prinCi
pies of the people of the republic to ST.
low greatness to descend from father to
son They went those who aspire to
political hOn0rs to win recognition by
service to the party. This is the srou-
ment some of them used Oh the train
coming from Saratoga, and this srsu-
ment was repeated in the corridors of the
hotels ast night. TIE nomination of
James II Carmichael Of Buff4lo for State
Treasurer, and Judge Jesse S. L3moreaux
Of Saratoga for Comptroller is
also criticised because neither
of these gentlemen are known
outside of the county IN which they live
The platform is another thing that en-
cages the attention Of the New York city
and Brooklyn Republicans. a delegate
from this city who had attended the con-
yentiOn ssid: 81 SIN thoroughly disgust
ed with the action Of the Republican con
| vention on the liquor question. l am
very much efraid that the ramshackle
! liquor plank adopted will lose US thou
sands Of votes, not only in the cities Of
! New York snd Brooklyn, but in su the
cities Of the state. II they had come out
strongly either one way or the other it
would have been better. 1t is fight
anyhow between the Republican party
and the ProhibitioAists, and if the con
vention had adopted 3 decided plspk
against high license, they would see that
we did not care for THAR threats.
But now what do the Pgchioitionists
think? Why, thSt We are afraid. Ii
will give them confidence in their power
and spur them on to united efforts If
they had adopted decided high license
plank, We might win some Of them back.
The liquor men will be against US, tooth
and nail They know that the platform
means nothing, ana that it is only net
with which to catch votes"
! Shed ShO0k came down on the morning
train. While he processes the belief that
the Republicans will carry the state, he
does not admire the platform. He is
against high license, and he doesn't care
who knows it. Ex-AssemDlVmen John
I
| the liquor plank, thinks the convention
made mistake in not adopting his sug-
gastion, but he IS Republican and will
do all he csn to elect il.
Aqueduct Commissioner Hamilton Fish,
Jr., thinks both ticket and platform ad-
mira5le. "WilI the ticket wiz? Ger
tainly."
! Assemblyman Ernest 81. Crosby eX-
l,Ora nj n no ,Ie4F
the floor Of the convention.
The Democratic politicians were the
happiest mortGls in the city Of New York
last night. 1Iad we the runnicg of tie
Republican convention" said enc, "snd
wante d on easy ticket to beat we could
not have done better than they did On
Wednesday,"
"The ticket is weak" ssid Senator
Murphy, "snd the platform weaker
Democratic victory in November IS now
assured.
Register John Reilly is confident that
the ticket will be beaten by at least 80, OOC
majority.
But this confidence in success will not
cause the Democracy of the state to relay
it's efforts to roll up a handsome majority
for its ticket.
on September q in Saratoga will be one
Of the largest and most enthusiastic hello
in years. The County Democracy viii
tske up over 800 men and g band oil
music in 8 special train, and Tammany
Hal will take up even larger number
The primaries Of the County Democracy
for the election of delegates to the
assembly conventions, which Will in turn
elect the delegates to the state ConVen-
tlcp, will be held on Tuesday evening
next, and the convention on Thursday
evening following. The primaries and
conventions of Temmany Hall will also
be held during the week, the different
districts issuing their own call. The
Tammany committee Of tWenty-four mst
in the wigWam last night and made all
the necessary arrangements for the pri-
msries. The primary election NV, which
makes Illegal voting 8: primaries mis-
demeenor, punishable by imprisonment
for three years. Esch district leader W&s
given copy Ct the law in order 10 see
thst it Was not violated. The committee
on Organization will meet tonight, wheI
1t will be decided at what time the Tam
May delegation will leave for Saratoga
II has been decided that each of the
Democratic factions will have fall dele.
cations, and when they arrive st Saratoga
they Will then sgfee upon the delegates
who she'll represent N7W York county il
the convention.
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